Episode #387: Trump’s Endorsements, Many Of Them Real People
Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Ken Rudin
4.7 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Claremont McKenna College professor Jack Pitney talks about the power of Donald Trump endorsements, which propels many — but not all — candidates to victory.
Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution sets the stage for the May 24 primaries in Georgia, which is holding key contests for governor, senator and secretary of state. It’s another state where Trump’s endorsements have become an issue.
And Rutgers University professor Ross Baker remembers the late Orrin Hatch, the late Utah lawmaker, who with 42 years of service was the longest serving Republican senator in history.
Plus: Will Kevin McCarthy lying about Trump affect his bid to become House speaker?
Music in this episode:
It Keeps You Running by the Doobie Brothers
Georgia On My Mind by Ray Charles
Hard Headed Woman by Cat Stevens
If You Leave Me Now by Chicago
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| 0:00.0 | La truth is mightier than Le Pen. |
| 0:03.1 | McCarthy and Green may not recognize the truth. |
| 0:06.0 | You can't handle the truth! |
| 0:08.0 | And can J.D. Mandel win in Ohio? |
| 0:11.1 | That's the real truth on the political junkie. |
| 0:14.4 | You like Ike. I like like. Everybody likes like. |
| 0:17.7 | For president. |
| 0:18.6 | Add like to you. |
| 0:19.8 | And think to me. I don't care how you quoted. |
| 0:22.6 | Come on and vote for Kennedy, vote for Kennedy, and we'll come out on top. |
| 0:29.7 | Vote for Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot-Laz, because they're the ones to lead the USA. |
| 0:39.7 | Thanks for joining us, and welcome to episode 387 of the political junkie. |
| 0:46.1 | I'm Ken Rudin. |
| 0:48.0 | There's still just over six months to go before the election, |
| 0:51.6 | and nothing has changed the conventional wisdom |
| 0:53.8 | that Republicans are going |
| 0:55.4 | to capture control of the House. Not only does history show that likelihood, the party in the White |
| 1:01.2 | House almost always loses House seats in the midterm, but President Biden's numbers are sinking, |
| 1:07.1 | and Democrats don't seem to have an answer to stem the tide. |
| 1:15.3 | Yet there has been no shortage of embarrassing and seemingly damaging incidents involving Republican House members, starting with the leader. |
| 1:19.7 | Last week, the New York Times reported that in the aftermath of January 6th, |
| 1:24.9 | Kevin McCarthy told his leadership team that he was going to tell President Trump |
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